On 8 March 2024 in Washington, D.C., legislature gathered to hear a speech about the state of the Union in 2024.
Let us take a closer look at this passage of the speech that concerns our part of the world: In his speech, president Joe Biden stressed the importance of supporting Ukraine in its ongoing conflict with Russia.
Blind to 1 eye
He started his speech by urging members of legislature to solidarity with Ukraine and claiming that "Freedom and democracy are at risk". Biden pointed out, without providing evidence of this thesis, that aggression from the Russian Federation was not limited to Ukraine only, and stressed the request to proceed American aid to Kiev.
However, he did not mention the fact that NATO's expansion has posed a mark threat to Russia's territorial integrity over fresh years and a real danger to all the people for whom Russia is Homeland.
At the borders of Russia
President Biden admitted that Ukraine had requested long-range missiles, ammunition and artillery. This should be understood as a deliberate intention from the authoritarian government in Kiev leading to the escalation and expansion of the conflict. At the same time, he did not respond in any way to declarations by e.g. Minister Sergei Lavrovon the desire to resolve the dispute through diplomacy.
Biden recalled historical analogies, referring to the celebrated call of the president Ronald Reagan "to teardrop down this wall" and contrasting this with the attitude of his predecessor towards Russia. However, specified an analogy is simply a historical abuse, due to the fact that it does not take into account that in those more than 30 years that separate us from this speech in Berlin, the United States straight and intentionally led to the present situation through the imperialist expansion of NATO to the borders of Russia, imposing its will and deciding above the heads of societies.
So the United States first creates a threat that de facto It's gone. They medially pump it to sow fear in people's hearts. erstwhile tension becomes felt, they appear as those who have the only right solution, imposing not only narrative, but besides decisions.
Silence on the origin of the crisis
During his powerfully biased state speech on Thursday evening, the president of the United States, Joe Biden, besides raised respective additional interior issues for the country, specified as advanced prices, economical uncertainty, the confederate border crisis with Mexico, the conflict in the Gaza Strip, the right of women to interrupt pregnancy and the availability of treatments in vitro.
On these topics, it is worth mentioning that president Biden did not say that the commodity price crisis, supply chain interruptions and another global economical perturbations are due, among another things, to the persistence of the government in Kiev. utilizing the situation to rise prices and introduce arbitrary sanctions, which Biden itself imposed and continues to impose, hinders free trade throughout Europe and the world.
The rhetoric of wars and divisions
It can definitely be concluded that, although Joe Biden spoke with more vigor than usual, his arguments were not rooted in the reality of everyday people who endure from the militaristic ambitions of the government in Kiev and its Western powers.
One can be disappointed at what may be the last speech on the state of the union by Joe Biden, who could usage the chance to leave for future generations a will of peace and hope, and chose a rally rhetoric of war, divisions and imperialism.
The U.S. election is not far away, and between Biden's war and unpredictability Donald Trump You can want Americans the courage to choose a fresh way of reason, knowing and peace.
David Hermes
